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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

RICHARD STRAUBEL, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

'EYE'G LASSES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 349,413, dated September 21, 1886.

Application filed April 19, 1886.

the city, county, and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements 1n Eyeglasses, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to eyeglasses of that class provided with springnose-pieces and a connecting bow-spring; and the invention consists of a pair of eyeglasses which are provided -with nose pieces, the lower ends of which are attached to clips of the glasses, while the upper ends are slotted and guided in clips at the upper parts of the glasses, said clips having seatsor shoulders for the ends of the bowspring, which ends are attached by screws that serve, in connection with the space below the shoulders of the clips, to guide and stop the flexible nose-pieces, as will more fully appear hereinafter, and finally be pointed out in the claim.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 represents a side elevation of my improved eyeglasses. Fig. 2 is a vertical longitudinal section through one of the upper clips, drawn on a larger scale; and Figs. 3 and4are a horizontal section and a vertical transverse section, respectively, 011 line y y and w 00, Fig. 2.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

Referring to the drawings, a a represent the flexible nose-pieces, the lower ends of which are attached to clips I) of the frame b of the glasses or to the glasses themselves. The nose-pieces a a are made of any approved construction, the upper parts, a, being bent in opposite direction to each other and provided with slots a The upper ends, a, are guided in clips d d, that are soldered or otherwise attached to the upper part of the frames 1) b or directly to the glasses. The upper clips, d d, are made of U-shaped cross-section, their side flanges being provided below the edges with inwardly-projecting shoulders or seats (1, that serve to support the ends of the connecting-bow or bridge-spring e, which ends are attached to Serial No. 199,319. (No model.)

the upper clips, d d, by screws (1 The slotted upper ends of the nose-pieces 0; Ct are guided in the spaces formed between the shoulders d and the bottom of the clips d, while the screws d serve as stops for stopping the nosepieces and limiting their movement in either direction. The screws (1 serve a twofold purposethat of attaching the ends of the bow: spring to the clips (1 d, and that of guiding and stopping the outer slotted ends of the nosepieces.

I am aware that eyeglasses with flexible nose-pieces the upper ends of which are capable of lateral movement are well known, and I therefore do not claim this feature, broadly; but in these cases the upper ends were either not guided at all, or guided in such a manner that projecting portions are formed on which the handkerchief is caught when cleaning the glasses. The objection is entirely avoided by my construction, which has no projecting parts,

and in which eyeglasses represent a regular and symmetrical appearance,as the nose-pieces are guided in the supporting-clips of the bowspring.

Having thus described'my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- The combination of the flexible nose-pieces, attached at their lower ends to clips of the eyeglasses, and having slotted upper ends, guideclips attached to the upper part of the glasses, said clips having inwardly-projecting shoulders or seats, a bow-spring, the ends of which rest on said shoulders, and .screws for fastening the ends of the bow-spring to the clips and retaining theslotted ends of the nose-pieces in the guide spaces below the shoulders of the clips, substantially as set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention I have signed my name in presence of two subscribing witnesses.

morn). STRAUBEL. 

